GPT-5.2, Claude Opus 5 and Gemini 3: the frontier compared
OpenAI, Anthropic and Google each shipped new flagship models between November 2025 and August 2026. Here is what GPT-5.2, Claude…
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Search and social referral traffic to publishers keeps collapsing
New Chartbeat and Reuters Institute data show Google search and Discover referrals to news publishers falling by double digits year…
YouTube tightens its Partner Program as creator pay hits new highs
YouTube says it has paid creators over $100 billion in four years, even as it doubles the bar for new…
How TikTok, YouTube and the EU now police AI-generated posts
A provenance standard called C2PA and a new EU transparency law have turned voluntary AI disclosure into enforced policy. Here…
Threads hit 500 million users while Bluesky lost half of its
Three years after X's exodus scattered users across alternatives, the numbers have diverged sharply: Threads is booming, Bluesky is shrinking,…
TikTok’s US ownership deal closed. Here’s who actually owns it now
After eleven deadline extensions and one executive order, TikTok US operations now run through a joint venture majority-owned by American…
Under-16 social media bans arrive, but age checks keep failing
Australia's under-16 ban, the UK's Online Safety Act and a patchwork of US state laws are now in force or…
Cybersecurity law tightens in 2026: what’s actually in force now
The EU's Cyber Resilience Act and NIS2 are already binding, the SEC's breach-disclosure rule has a year of filings behind…
Passkeys pass 5 billion in use as phishing-proof login goes mainstream
FIDO Alliance says 5 billion passkeys are now active worldwide as adversary-in-the-middle phishing kits make traditional MFA codes and push…